Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] out the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The governor responded by crafting a bill that establishes 11 semi-autonomous boards across the state , one in each region , empowered to carry out the negotiations within a set of basic guidelines . |
| 2 | But what of the farmers expected to carry out the work in a time of recession . |
| 3 | Critics of the Tirgu Mures report said that it failed to spell out the reasons for the outburst of hatred between Romanians and ethnic Hungarians in Transylvania , preferring instead to lay the blame on Ceausescu 's legacy , actions of the former Securitate political police , and disinformation on the part of extremists on both sides . |
| 4 | As regards the current European Communities-European Free Trade Area negotiations [ see p. 37906 ] , the programme avoided ruling out the possibility of an eventual application for EC membership . |
| 5 | Laura frowned , glancing swiftly up at his tanned features , and she tried to work out the family ramifications . |
| 6 | As I lay back on my bed I tried to work out the connection between him and the British Empire and Fresnes gaol , but could make nothing of it . |
| 7 | First he scratched away the plaster , then he tried to pull out the bricks . |
| 8 | With everyone else gone Tonks had to fend for himself so he tried to find out the truth . |
| 9 | He tried to open out the conversation . |
| 10 | I sat and stared at the paper in front of me and tried to blank out the present and get back into my story — forward , that is , into my invented future , and out of the world of queries and vague apprehensions . |
| 11 | And her mind tried to blank out the rest of it . |
| 12 | The discovery was painful , and his heavy-lidded eyes narrowed to shut out the picture she made with them . |
| 13 | A spokesman said ‘ The children tried to put out the fire but to no avail . |
| 14 | We tried to draw out the kind of changes that might help make the whole thing happen . |
| 15 | Even when Alexia , who remained a young woman even as her hair silvered , tried to point out the strengths of his pieces he mentally tuned out . |
| 16 | She tried to shut out the wind , the explosions , the driving hail , the movement of the ground beneath her feet . |
| 17 | The agent hesitated as he tried to read out the name of the Russian ship from the bill of laden in his hand . |
| 18 | She moved to switch out the light , forgetting that it was not her lamp that glowed on the bedside table , but he caught her arm , oh-so-very-gently , this time . |
| 19 | I tried to separate out the harmonies in the snoring . |
| 20 | We tried taking out the pith from behind the bud , and we tried leaving it in — it made little difference . |
| 21 | Maupassant helped lay out the body . |
| 22 | He tried to straighten out the brim but it had been curled and folded so often it was beyond repair . |
| 23 | Between them they managed to organize £50,000 from ICFC on a three-month note and rapidly tried to straighten out the balance sheet . |
| 24 | All these questions came tumbling out the moment she entered my room a couple of days later . |
| 25 | A professional development teacher interviewed pointed out the ambiguity of HMI expounding an aesthetic domain in Curriculum Matters 2 ( DES , 1985c ) and continuing to publish further booklets in this series under subject headings . |
| 26 | The bombardment of chilly droplets seemed to drive out the blackness of her thoughts . |
| 27 | And having committed the boy to a day on the rubbish , he could hardly turn me down when I suggested we settle for a couple of hours ' conversation over a few beers , after he 'd sorted out the mess . |
| 28 | After she 'd made out the application for him she said , ‘ Can you manage if I leave you with it ? ’ |
| 29 | Blackburn boss Dalglish faced the nostalgia head-on as he prepared to lead out the opposition against Liverpool for the first time since his astonishing walk-out 20 months ago . |
| 30 | For three whole days she 'd blanked out the memory of that kiss they 'd shared , but now it came flooding back with a vengeance , hot and strong and so seductively real that she could have wept for shame . |